Obama's speech last night was top notch. It's only Iowa, and it's very early, but I think Hillary's goose is cooked. She came off as the same-old, same-old politician. Nothing new. Nothing has changed for her. She's the opposite of a breath of fresh air. She's the old guard and she's too polarizing.

I was watching MSNBC and the pundits were debating. Finally, one guy says, "When you people going to realize Obama is a phenomenon." I agree. Not only do I think he'll topple Hillary, but he will be the next president of the U.S.

He's got my vote all the way. The Dems doubled the Republicans in voter turnout in Iowa, which, to me, shows how much change is desired in this country. Obama has the under-35 vote so energized. It's showed in every exit poll. Hilliary may win New Hampshire, but so what. She'll never win South Carolina and other southern/western states.

Obama will not only win the Presidency, he will win it in a landslide. Next November, you can come back to this thred and you will see I called it here first.

Obama will crush Rudy G in the bid for the White House. Huckabee won't sustain.

Obama is the only candidate in this election that has me remotley interested in that sham that is our political system.

JFK was supposed to "underqualified" too and too young as a first-term senator. He did just fine - he handled the Cuban Missle Crisis like a pro - until the powers-that-be conspired to whack him. Experience is overrated.

Look at the two morons in the White House right now and tell me what experience buys you. The voting public won't buy that inexperienced diversion, not after eight lying and cheating years of Bush/Cheney.

And Obama is half black and half white. Sure, many of the bigots in the world will see him as just black. But the younger voters - the ones who will be energized and will decide this election - won't see race and instead see hope, change and a breath of fresh. And that will be the difference.

Obama in 2008!!!!!

Well, you said it best, the current admininstration is by no means perfect.

The understatement of the last eight lying and cheating years.

And, of course, 9/11 is Clinton's fault becuase he didn't respond correctly. Geez, how did we miss that? 

Obama in 2008!

It's typical for liberals to try to make this election about President Bush. Last I checked, he's not running for President in 2008.

History is always harshest when a president is still in office. JFK has been dead for over 40 years and his time in office has been mythologized by the left for all those years so his stature has naturally risen. 40 years from now, history will be kinder to President
Bush when it acknowledges that no terrorist attacks happened on American soil after 9/11 while Bush was in office and Iraq is celebrating its 40th anniversary of being a free country.

This election will be about which direction we go as a country on the war on terror, health care, gay marriage, abortion, the economy, gun control, etc. Is America ready to become like Canada and most of the countries in Europe and slip further in to socialism? I don't think so but time will tell.

Minnesota's caucuses have been moved up to Feb. 5. Maybe you two should partripate. The Minnesota Secretary of State will be providing a location finder on its web site in the next few weeks.

The best way I heard the Obama campaign summed up was in a recent issue of Rolling Stone. The supporters were described as hopeful and the writer said that the rallies were devoid of the typical anti-republican venom. I don't know if it's too early to buy in to any one candidate but his message, somewhat vague as it is, supports change for the better. Obama's a charismatic speaker and he's growing on me because he isn't negative and has a message of communication and unification.

Edwards wants to be somewhat ignored at this point. He knows Clinton's goose is cooked or will be cooked.

Edwards knows he can't stop Obama mania. So he's going to sit back, try not get to sucked down the drain and, if the Obama train derails, he'll be there at the train station with a sign reading - "Hey, I'm still available."

That's Edwards' only hope right now.

And yes, Edwards has been ignored to a degree. But what about Bill Richardson? He's invisible even at the debates. I think the moderators think he's a bus boy or something.

I don't think Edwards is finished by any means. He would be remiss to drop out at this point.

Like it or not, the truth is that Edwards is the only serious contender for the Democratic nomination that looks like what American voters have sent to the White House for the last 230 years. (The Republicans aren't putting up any minority candidates for voter consideration)

Don't get me wrong- I love the idea that Americans could turn their backs a long and storied history of racism and sexism and vote a woman or an African American into the highest office in the land, but we've yet to see any evidence of that even at the Vice Presidential level.